Epidemiology of non-disaster spinal injuries at a spine unit

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 667-670

  Qureshi, Muhammad Asad ^a   Khalique, Ahmed Bilal ^a   Pasha, Ibrahim Farooq ^a   Asad, Ambreen ^b   Malik, Arslan Sharif ^a   Shah, Mian Qaisar Ali ^a   Ahmed, Adeel ^a  

^a Malir National University of Medical Sciences   (Pakistan)

^b Yusra Medical and Dental College ^*  (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Demography; Epidemiology; Pakistan; Spinal cord injury; Spinal injuries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHILD; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE SURGERY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THORACIC SPINE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; MIDDLE AGED; SPINE INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; SPINAL INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049421842     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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